The people of 23 September

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov meet at the United Nations General Assembly, making it the first meeting between Poland and Belarus in a decade.

World · 23 Sep · with Maxim Ryzhenkov

The Central Elections Committee votes to disqualify Ra'am and all parties on the Joint List from running, alleging they promoted terrorism against Israel. Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh and MK Ofer Cassif are also specifically barred from running.

Politics · 23 Sep · with Ofer Cassif

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says that an OpenAI-deployed agent accessed public and restricted files on a Medicare database during testing in June. OpenAI notified the government in September, while investigations continue into the breach.

Science & Tech · 23 Sep

Acting United States Navy secretary Hung Cao reports that eight sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted suicide during its long deployment including during the Iran war.

Conflict · 23 Sep

The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, rules that only senator-judges able to participate count toward the conviction threshold in vice president Sara Duterte's trial, reducing the required votes from 16 to 14.

Politics · 23 Sep

Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev pardons a French national who served a 10-year prison sentence for espionage, and orders his release as one of 20 pardoned prisoners.

World · 23 Sep

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea after capturing them in Kursk Oblast, Russia, in January 2025.

World · 23 Sep

The United Kingdom establishes a National Centre for Information Defence to detect and counter foreign disinformation, including AI-generated content. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the centre will address disinformation attacks to states such as Russia.

Politics · 23 Sep

A court in New York, United States, sentences former film producer Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in prison for committing a criminal sexual act against former production assistant Miriam Haley.

Crime & Justice · 23 Sep

North Korean weightlifter Ri Song Gum wins gold in the women's 49kg category at the 2026 Asian Games while setting three world records: 94kg in the snatch, 121kg in the clean and jerk, and 215kg overall.

Sport · 23 Sep